Volume 3, Issue 1

Ambrose Furey

pp. 1–1 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79107 · 2011

S. A. Onasanwo, Neetu Singh, A. B. Saba, A. A. Oyagbemi, O. A. Oridupa, Gautam Palit

pp. 2–8 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79108 · 2011

Background The present study was undertaken to evaluate the anti-ulcer and antioxidant activities of the ethanol extract of Lagenaria breviflora (EELB) whole fruit in laboratory rats. Methods The anti-ulcer property of t…

H. M. Suresh, B. Shivakumar, K. Hemalatha, S. S. Heroor, D. S. Hugar, K. R. S. Sambasiva Rao

pp. 9–12 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79109 · 2011

Background The phytochemical and pharmacological activities of Annona reticulata components suggest a wide range of clinical application in lieu of cancer chemotherapy. Materials and Methods Ethanol and aqueous extracts …

Kingshuk Lahon, Swarnamoni Das

pp. 13–18 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79110 · 2011

Background There is a lack of reliable hepatoprotective drugs in modern medicine to prevent and treat drug-induced liver damage. Leaves of Sacred/Holy Basil, i.e. Green Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), belonging to family Lamiace…

R. Sathishkumar, P. T. V. Lakshmi, A. Annamalai, V. Arunachalam

pp. 19–29 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79111 · 2011

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) or short tandem repeats are short repeat motifs that show high level of length polymorphism due to insertion or deletion mutations of one or more repeat types. Here, we present the detectio…

H. Kirana, M. V. Jali, B. P. Srinivasan

pp. 30–34 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79112 · 2011

Background Chronic systemic inflammation is an early process in pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. Hence the present study was aimed to investigate the effect of traditionally known plant Ficus religiosa on elevated glucos…

Anil Singhal, H. Jain, Vipin Singhal, Edwin J. Elias, Ahmad Showkat

pp. 35–39 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79113 · 2011

The aim of the present study is to develop a polymer (Guar Gum)-based matrix tablet (using quercetin as a model drug) with sufficient mechanical strength, and promising in vitro mouth-to- colon release profile. By defini…

P. Suresh Babu, V. Krishna, K. R. Maruthi, K. Shankarmurthy, Ramesh K. Babu

pp. 40–43 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79114 · 2011

Background D. cinerea are the chief source of drug compounds that are active against various ailments such as jaundice, inflammations rheumatism, fever, asthma, body ache, chest problems, toothache, ulcers, wounds, eye d…

Ranjana I. Brahmane, Swanand S. Pathak, Vikrant V. Wanmali, Kartik J. Salwe, S. John Premendran, Bhawna B. Shinde

pp. 44–48 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79115 · 2011

Objective Red scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus) is the most lethal among all poisonous species of scorpions. Envenoming by Mesobuthus tamulus is quite common along the western coast of India, without any established therapy.…

Harinarayan Singh Chandel, A. K. Pathak, Mukul Tailang

pp. 49–56 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79116 · 2011

Background Ayurvedic formulations are used to treat a wide variety of diseases including diabetes mellitus Standardization of herbal formulation is essential in order to assess the quality of drugs. The present paper rep…

G. M. Lingaraju, H. Joy Hoskeri, V. Krishna, P. Suresh Babu

pp. 57–61 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79117 · 2011

Background The analgesic activity of petroleum ether, chloroform and methanol extracts of Semecarpus anacardium was investigated by tail flicking and writhing method using acetyl salicylic acid as the standard reference.…

R. P. Prajapati, M. V. Kalaria, V. P. Karkare, S. K. Parmar, N. R. Sheth

pp. 62–66 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79118 · 2011

Context Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is the fourth most common mental disorder and is diagnosed nearly as often as asthma and diabetes mellitus. Over the last decade, the inhibition of burying of glass marbles by …

Kalpana Kalaivanan, Kodukkur Viswanathan Pugalendi

pp. 67–71 · DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.79119 · 2011

Background Streptozotocin (STZ) selectively destroys the pancreatic insulin secreting cells, leaving less active cells and resulting in a diabetic state. The present study was designed to investigate the antihyperglycemi…

Arun H. S. Kumar

pp. 72–78 · 2011